ADVISING SERVICES

ACADEMIC ADVISING

Faculty and staff throughout the university provide academic advising. The goal of advising
is threefold:

to facilitate intellectual and personal development,

to enhance academic performance, and

to ensure progress toward graduation.

Regular advising means academic success. All students are expected to make use of available
advising services located in the academic departments, the Advising Center, and in special
advising and support programs.

Undergraduate Student Advising. Advising services for undergraduate students are
described in detail in the section titled Undergraduate Education.

Advising for majors and minors is available from faculty members in each department. It is
the student's responsibility to seek out a faculty member to serve as an adviser. Some
departments assign advisers; others have students choose from a list. Contact the department
for referral to an adviser.

Graduate Student Advising. Advising for graduate students is available from faculty
members in each department. Contact the department for referral to an adviser.

ADDITIONAL ADVISING AND RETENTION PROGRAMS

San Francisco State University offers other advising services and support programs to
assist students. Consult the Index in the printed version of this Bulletin
or click on any of the following programs.